Try offering the pointer to the students, and having them come up to the chart to practice. They can connect more with the physicality of producing what are sometimes new mouth positions. You're then handing it over to them to take control of their own learning even more. Some will still prefer to only do it from their seats, and that's okay, but overall the energy level goes up as students are attending to each other and themselves more than they are attending to the teacher. Try it! It's fun!
I think this is an exemplary class not only for the method but also for the teaching style: this teacher is clearly an enabler, someone who remains in control, yet gives all the decisions to the students and creates an environment in which they learn.
You dont know how colours help people pronounce better? They are words like any other and what you may have missed is when you give people easier words to pronounce their confidence reaches such levels that the odds of them being able to pronounce harder words better increases.
Its learning via attribution and through linking, people can be positively manipulated to show them they have the ability to take control language and produce their own good results. All learning is good learning.
If we all "develop our own criteria for the sounds" wouldn't that lead to a breakdown in communication? That would mean that we don't need to do vocabulary drills and whatever criteria students use their pronunciation would be 'better.' Students look to (or rather listen to) teachers for correct pronunciation.
i think as well that it would have been more useful to have taught the IPA as dictionaries use IPA. Relating a sound to a colour would be useful if text was written in the relevant colours which of course it isn't. However if a learner of English comes across an unknown word, looking it up in a dictionary with IPA would inform of its pronunciation. He could still have had the IPA symbol written on the different coloured squares.
The Silent Way Method has been broadly recognised due to its effectiveness in many schools of English around the world. Moreover, it belongs to the current ELT methods that we should apply in our classrooms. Therefore, we had better recognise this teacher's effort to enrich his class with new metodology rather than saying he is not qualified at teaching a language that even natives cannot manage at all.
@SirBounder He's using a visual learning aid, most humans can learn on a visual better then a kinesthetic or auditory aid. It's obvious that either you're saying it's boring because you didn't watch the whole thing, or you didn't learn from it. It's okay though, that's why this 'American' is making a difference by teaching and as far as I can see you aren't. Oh, and good luck
@SirBounder I didn't find his English any worse than most american's. I think ojcsteve is right, you can just judge something when you understand it first, it's a basic principle of intelligence (and politeness as well). You could have said "I didn't like it." It would be much more honest than a "It was a rather pitiful and trite class".
Obviously, you do not know much about language teaching methods such as the Silent Way, Counseling Language Learning, Total Physical Response...so you cannot undersantd this method...but that is ok....when you learn something about TESOL teaching methods, come back and we can have a conversation about this...good luck...
as a Teacher of English as a Second Language, i have to say that the demonstration of the method is very good. The silent way is difficult method to put into practice, at least for me it was... this is a very good video.
as a Teacher of English as a Second Language, i have to say that the demonstration of the method is very good. The silent way is difficult method to put into practice, at least for me it was... this is a very good video.
@SirBounder What are you talking about? Adverbs? Adjectives? It's not a grammar lesson...learn something about TESOL methodology and then let's talk...oh, TESOL...it means Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages...not sure you know that.
Since I am taking English Phonetics I think it's better to introduce IPA. English has more than 5 vowels, actually about 14 plus dipthongs. I still don't understand how colors help students pronounce better?
Since we all know colors (with the exception of color blind people), we do not need to remember "red" so the process is associating a sound (which has many written forms) with a color (which takes no effort to remember).
With IPA we have to connect/ remember a symbol (which is new to us) with the sound...it adds a small, but cognitively demanding step.
Finally, the key in pronouncing better is for students to develop their own criteria for the sounds...not to mimic the teacher's pronunciation.
This method works, really! I work with it every single day, but the original one!!! same colors but pictures, so the students can memorize and identify easier.
Drilling may work for some (it was the basis of the Audiolingual method), but humanistic methods like TPR, CLL, and the Silent Way (the method in the video) work for others. Working with the colors with students not modeling/mimicking teachers' pronunciation allows students to develop their own criteria and be successful with pronunciation when they are on their own without their teacher.
But seriously, this method is too far separated from practical English use to be effectively retained by the students. Yes, some people find retention is better when associated with meaning, but using colours to teach sounds is just pointless. For phonics, just drill 'em!
I'm curious about the way you've used this with blind people, is there any way to make them memorize the sounds, since they're not actually visualizing the "spot" you're pointing at?
It'll be useful for me to know, since I'm learning this method along with others. (Also for my class mates).
it's because it's easier for the students to learn with colors than to memorize all the symbols. whit this method you only have to relate the sound and the color(and you already know the colors), and witj the symbols you also have to memorize all of them and the relate them with the sounds
actually this method is used in some other countrys
maybe not in all the world but maybe one day this method will be more common
it's just a method based in designate a sound to each color in the chart, those sounds are the different sounds in the english pronuntiation, you memorize the sounds and the you can form words by combinating the colors, this is just to improve your speaking
Yes, this might not be the best method for you BUT I have heard of some color blind students being able to use this method by remembering where the blocks/sounds are and quickly leaving the colors (which are just a tool to help learn the sounds).
I wonder what works in an average High School class these days! I know some community based programs that have success with both SW and CLL (Riverside in NYC is one).
even if they are an average group but all of them want to learn, they will
and about what you said first, actually there is an improvement of this chart on a school here in mexico, instead of asignating just a sound to each color they asignated also a little image which is related to the sound, for example for the "ing" sound they put a drawing of a king, for the "z" sound they put a zebra, and things like that, it's good and easier to memorize it
Yo estudie En Quick learning hice todos los cursos, expeto el ultimo ( business) es una escuela realmente buena, en ella aprendi todo lo k se. Actualmente puse un instituto de ingles para no olvidar lo aprendido
A very interesting method. It was kind of boring and frustrating when I was a student because there were lots of things to memorise and grammer rules that I had to follow. I am really glad to know that this kind of classes are finally available in Japan.
Sure and Audio Lingualism, Grammar Translation, etc. Ever hear about the Silent Way, Community Language Learning, TPR? If you take some time to learn about different methods you might see why what looks like a disaster to you, is not...(not that I did the best job with it).
Good question. The "kids" are making all the sounds and never hear a sound made by the teacher. This allows them to make their own criteria as to what is correct and not AND will help them whne the teacher is not around to serve as a model.
this helped me to understand the silent method. my teacher sent me here. thank you so much.
mshmshmshmshmsh 1 week ago
Try offering the pointer to the students, and having them come up to the chart to practice. They can connect more with the physicality of producing what are sometimes new mouth positions. You're then handing it over to them to take control of their own learning even more. Some will still prefer to only do it from their seats, and that's okay, but overall the energy level goes up as students are attending to each other and themselves more than they are attending to the teacher. Try it! It's fun!
storparaply 3 weeks ago
you need good eye sight for this task!
jsnhyns 4 months ago
I think this is an exemplary class not only for the method but also for the teaching style: this teacher is clearly an enabler, someone who remains in control, yet gives all the decisions to the students and creates an environment in which they learn.
geordieant 7 months ago
You dont know how colours help people pronounce better? They are words like any other and what you may have missed is when you give people easier words to pronounce their confidence reaches such levels that the odds of them being able to pronounce harder words better increases.
Its learning via attribution and through linking, people can be positively manipulated to show them they have the ability to take control language and produce their own good results. All learning is good learning.
Dazzletoad 9 months ago
If we all "develop our own criteria for the sounds" wouldn't that lead to a breakdown in communication? That would mean that we don't need to do vocabulary drills and whatever criteria students use their pronunciation would be 'better.' Students look to (or rather listen to) teachers for correct pronunciation.
topseyu 10 months ago
i think as well that it would have been more useful to have taught the IPA as dictionaries use IPA. Relating a sound to a colour would be useful if text was written in the relevant colours which of course it isn't. However if a learner of English comes across an unknown word, looking it up in a dictionary with IPA would inform of its pronunciation. He could still have had the IPA symbol written on the different coloured squares.
topseyu 10 months ago
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maym86 11 months ago
doesn't this site have an option of downloading videos?
MsTehm 11 months ago
The Silent Way Method has been broadly recognised due to its effectiveness in many schools of English around the world. Moreover, it belongs to the current ELT methods that we should apply in our classrooms. Therefore, we had better recognise this teacher's effort to enrich his class with new metodology rather than saying he is not qualified at teaching a language that even natives cannot manage at all.
leonardoelt 11 months ago
@SirBounder He's using a visual learning aid, most humans can learn on a visual better then a kinesthetic or auditory aid. It's obvious that either you're saying it's boring because you didn't watch the whole thing, or you didn't learn from it. It's okay though, that's why this 'American' is making a difference by teaching and as far as I can see you aren't. Oh, and good luck
blinddoctorwho 1 year ago
@SirBounder I didn't find his English any worse than most american's. I think ojcsteve is right, you can just judge something when you understand it first, it's a basic principle of intelligence (and politeness as well). You could have said "I didn't like it." It would be much more honest than a "It was a rather pitiful and trite class".
ffelegal 1 year ago
can i ask? why he use different colors? what is the use of different color? and what is ESL?
wewen143 1 year ago
I think this is a very good method to introduce new sounds to language learners. Please share more videos. :)
sakuramochi1 1 year ago
@SirBounder
Obviously, you do not know much about language teaching methods such as the Silent Way, Counseling Language Learning, Total Physical Response...so you cannot undersantd this method...but that is ok....when you learn something about TESOL teaching methods, come back and we can have a conversation about this...good luck...
ojcsteve 1 year ago 9
as a Teacher of English as a Second Language, i have to say that the demonstration of the method is very good. The silent way is difficult method to put into practice, at least for me it was... this is a very good video.
irismora2 1 year ago
as a Teacher of English as a Second Language, i have to say that the demonstration of the method is very good. The silent way is difficult method to put into practice, at least for me it was... this is a very good video.
irismora2 1 year ago
@SirBounder What are you talking about? Adverbs? Adjectives? It's not a grammar lesson...learn something about TESOL methodology and then let's talk...oh, TESOL...it means Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages...not sure you know that.
ojcsteve 1 year ago 5
Since I am taking English Phonetics I think it's better to introduce IPA. English has more than 5 vowels, actually about 14 plus dipthongs. I still don't understand how colors help students pronounce better?
Rodriguez9181 2 years ago
Since we all know colors (with the exception of color blind people), we do not need to remember "red" so the process is associating a sound (which has many written forms) with a color (which takes no effort to remember).
With IPA we have to connect/ remember a symbol (which is new to us) with the sound...it adds a small, but cognitively demanding step.
Finally, the key in pronouncing better is for students to develop their own criteria for the sounds...not to mimic the teacher's pronunciation.
ojcsteve 2 years ago
yeah i heard of this method on my tesol course. Doesn't look to hard to teach. yeah I could do that. I wouldn't use it in every class though!
braddles84 2 years ago
I've starting to learn a TESOL course and don't get this either - i need to do revision. OJC looks really young - how old are you Mr OJC?
MrShempenman 2 years ago
I never said I invented this method...and it was created by Caleb Gattengo and is called the Silent Way, not the Quick Learning Method.
ojcsteve 2 years ago
This method works, really! I work with it every single day, but the original one!!! same colors but pictures, so the students can memorize and identify easier.
liluvian 2 years ago
Drilling may work for some (it was the basis of the Audiolingual method), but humanistic methods like TPR, CLL, and the Silent Way (the method in the video) work for others. Working with the colors with students not modeling/mimicking teachers' pronunciation allows students to develop their own criteria and be successful with pronunciation when they are on their own without their teacher.
ojcsteve 2 years ago
LOL @ "let's go have some lunch" at the end.
But seriously, this method is too far separated from practical English use to be effectively retained by the students. Yes, some people find retention is better when associated with meaning, but using colours to teach sounds is just pointless. For phonics, just drill 'em!
yexey 2 years ago 2
Thanks for sharing this.
akimboo 3 years ago
Hi,
I'm curious about the way you've used this with blind people, is there any way to make them memorize the sounds, since they're not actually visualizing the "spot" you're pointing at?
It'll be useful for me to know, since I'm learning this method along with others. (Also for my class mates).
way1like 3 years ago
it's because it's easier for the students to learn with colors than to memorize all the symbols. whit this method you only have to relate the sound and the color(and you already know the colors), and witj the symbols you also have to memorize all of them and the relate them with the sounds
actually this method is used in some other countrys
maybe not in all the world but maybe one day this method will be more common
acrator 3 years ago
it's just a method based in designate a sound to each color in the chart, those sounds are the different sounds in the english pronuntiation, you memorize the sounds and the you can form words by combinating the colors, this is just to improve your speaking
acrator 3 years ago
I'm color blind, so this is not for me. And I'm not joking.
Community Language Learning and so on just work in books and in very small groups. In an average classroom in a High School, they don't work, simply.
unhartim 3 years ago
Yes, this might not be the best method for you BUT I have heard of some color blind students being able to use this method by remembering where the blocks/sounds are and quickly leaving the colors (which are just a tool to help learn the sounds).
I wonder what works in an average High School class these days! I know some community based programs that have success with both SW and CLL (Riverside in NYC is one).
ojcsteve 3 years ago
actually that depends on the group
even if they are an average group but all of them want to learn, they will
and about what you said first, actually there is an improvement of this chart on a school here in mexico, instead of asignating just a sound to each color they asignated also a little image which is related to the sound, for example for the "ing" sound they put a drawing of a king, for the "z" sound they put a zebra, and things like that, it's good and easier to memorize it
acrator 3 years ago
Wheng me teacher uses the chart in past I learnt many different cool sounds. Job great!
woundedwomb 3 years ago
Yo estudie En Quick learning hice todos los cursos, expeto el ultimo ( business) es una escuela realmente buena, en ella aprendi todo lo k se. Actualmente puse un instituto de ingles para no olvidar lo aprendido
Emmvat 3 years ago
k awante jajaja
yo voy en toefl 1a
y maldita gramatica sta aburridisima
jaja no batallo ni nada
pork pss ya sabia un poco de todo eso por cursos anteriores en la escuela
pero pss eske se me hacen aburridisimos los niveles de toefl
acrator 3 years ago
Vale la pena ese curso! Y terminar los cursos!
Emmvat 3 years ago
A very interesting method. It was kind of boring and frustrating when I was a student because there were lots of things to memorise and grammer rules that I had to follow. I am really glad to know that this kind of classes are finally available in Japan.
bobyoga 3 years ago
I don't understand your question.
ojcsteve 3 years ago
how does a person go about teaching in Brazil? do you know? also, I'm going to take the online TESOL exam. Is it pretty straightforward?
clayLavl 3 years ago
What a disaster. Ever hear of 'letters'?
TEFLdemon 4 years ago 2
Sure and Audio Lingualism, Grammar Translation, etc. Ever hear about the Silent Way, Community Language Learning, TPR? If you take some time to learn about different methods you might see why what looks like a disaster to you, is not...(not that I did the best job with it).
ojcsteve 4 years ago
I'm a teacher at quick Learning in Mexico & we use the color chart to teach the students how to speak in english...
pokzbocanegra 4 years ago
Hi, Thanks for your video I also posted it on TESOL Cafe.
atesol 4 years ago
Slow, over complex for students and rather unnecessary. Why not get the kids to speak and the teacher to shut up instead!
mistersjs 4 years ago
Good question. The "kids" are making all the sounds and never hear a sound made by the teacher. This allows them to make their own criteria as to what is correct and not AND will help them whne the teacher is not around to serve as a model.
ojcsteve 4 years ago
Impressive. :)
Saldartist 4 years ago
I like it
SurinderSingh44 4 years ago